HTC Merge appears, disappears from Verizon’s website

By on Nov 18, 2010 at 6:59 PM
mobile November 18, 2010

If you’re a Verizon Wireless customer with an affinity for QWERTY-keyboards, Android, and HTC, listen up. The HTC Merge, an Android 2.2 handset that is anything but a secret, briefly appeared on Big Red’s website today. The 360-degree view module, which is a treatment all Verizon phones get, was briefly live on the company’s website. The gang over a Android Central managed to grab a video of the hot little number before it was vanquished back into obscurity. Hit the read link if you want to check it out and let us know in the comments if you plan on picking one up.

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  • http://twitter.com/hijackerjack Rohil Thopu

    Bing sucks… nuff said.

  • ekinnee

    It looks like a G2 without the track pad? Yawn.

    • http://www.facebook.com/peterf Peter Fares

      It basically is a CDMA G2. That is usually what HTC does, make a GSM and CDMA version of phones.

  • Ptatsuda

    thank god, i can’t wait to get this damn phone. LTE radio or not, this will be my phone when i leave at&t

  • http://twitter.com/Simo9000 Simon H Morris

    This is really sad. I was holding out hope that HTC wouldn’t let Verizon poison their phones with Bing.

  • Anonymous

    I would’ve waited for this instead of getting a free Incredible from Best Buy if it weren’t for Bing. :(

    • http://www.facebook.com/peterf Peter Fares

      You can easily replace it.

      • Anonymous

        are you sure? I thought apart from being a great search engine, bing randomly killed people and ran up unauthorized charges on your phone bill..

  • Jwhite803

    bing suckkkkkkkkksssssssssss

  • Sonya

    I wonder how long this Bing thing will last. It’s not really that big of a deal but it’s just more of a nuisance to have something on your phone that you don’t want, nor do the majority of the people I’m guessing.

  • Guest

    wtf it has a keyboard – what a disappointment

    • http://www.facebook.com/peterf Peter Fares

      You have plenty of keyboard-less phones already. Some people like phones with keyboards.

      • Justinbeiber

        false – it’s going to be the 1st released 4g phone for verizon and that thing looks hideous…is there a touch screen 4g being released? nope don’t see one…nice try though

      • Mordikar

        nothing anywhere says this thing is going to be 4g, and VZW has already said they weren’t launching 4g with smart phones, aircards only in the beginning.

  • Drew

    Uugghh… That keyboard is hideous!! Bing is a FAIL and a FAIL for any carrier that wants to control what search engine I want to use.

    • Anonymous

      so what is the other smartphone os besides android that gives you a choice?

      • Drew

        It has nothing to do with OS, this is carrier based and is purely a ridiculous move by Vzw. to dictate which search engine to use. And they’re the only one’s doing it = FAIL. You can use a Blackberry on any carrier besides Vzw and have a choice. Android on any other carrier, you have a choice. Same with iPhone (iOS) and AT&T… you get a choice of search engines. Symbian, Maemo… same thing.

  • Norm

    Another great DROID. Verizon just keeps knocking them out of the park. DROID!!!!!

  • Anonymous

    this thing needs to show up yesterday!

  • Mgl323

    Almost looks like the G2.

    • http://www.facebook.com/peterf Peter Fares

      It basically is. Same family.

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiQmQhA-OrM Walter Sobchak

    Does this thing have a bing button like the fascinate and continium? Or just the bing app from the market?
    If it had dedicated bing why would there be a need for a bing shortcut on the homescreen?

  • drew dogg

    All u do is change the home page to Google. Down load Google maps. Create a short cut on the home page to the bookmark Google… and boom your phone is now a normal Droid the way it should be. Everyone stop crying… sheesh. I love the landscape sense wish my DInc. could do that.

    • JorgeB500

      All that would be nice, but the dedicated search button will still go to Bing.

  • get over it

    Look I love android and google and if you know anything about android which I’m sure the majority of us do then you know just because a handset ships with something doesn’t mean it has to stay there. Just root!

  • Mordikar

    see that bing icon on the screen shot …. that equals not ever going to even consider buying this bloatware filled pile of junk…. well at least not until it’s rooted and theres a clean rom for it.

  • Jim Davis

    Love the keyboard, hate the BingFail.

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